Max Verstappen has put his stamp on the British Grand Prix early on in the race weekend, setting the fastest time in FP1 on Friday afternoon.
The Dutchman spent a good deal of the session complaining about a lack of grip in his Red Bull, but didn't seem overly troubled when putting his car comfortably ahead of even his team-mate Sergio Perez.
However, Brad Pitt – or his film alter ego Sonny Hayes – didn't get out on track, despite having a garage and cars in the pits this weekend.
A number of teams were testing different upgrades and setups throughout the session, with flowviz paint a near constant fixture on cars as they zipped around a sunny Silverstone.
However, one possible concern for the Silver Arrows may be the pace of Carlos Sainz Jr., who beat Lewis Hamilton's time by nearly half a second while also running on the medium tyre.
That comes just a week after Ferrari were comfortably faster than both Mercedes drivers all weekend in Austria.
Here are all the times:
F1 Silverstone FP1 Results: British Grand Prix 2023
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